Enter: Earth Day

April 22, 2010

Although, today is officially Earth Day, really, everyday should be Earth Day. And even though today is the last day to get your Green Week Challengessubmitted, try to do your part when you can. Every little bit helps and a little does go a long way.

Did you know Earth Day is 40 yrs old this year? It has a birthday…(?)!

To get you going on the start of your Earth Day celebration (why not, right?) here are some Earth Day deals and freebies from various businesses (that my boyfriend found and forwarded to me! He’s playing too!). Yahoo Earth Day FreebiesSome of the deals (and personal favorites) include:

Gain free admission into all 392 U.S. national parks now through Sunday, April 25 (I WILL be there Saturday!)

Get a chance to win a $20,000 green home makeover by registering on the Purex website by April 30.

Sign up for the Drive Home Green sweepstakes on Target‘s website through the end of the month. The grand prize is a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. You could also win bicycles, electric scooters, a national park trip, and other prizes.

For me, doing my part, I have been washing loads of clothes in cold water, hanging most clothes to dry, stopping the dishwasher at the “dry” cycle and air drying them, making veggie dishes, daily green smoothies, we only use cloth napkins, so that’s in, the boyfriend even bough grass fed/farm raised chicken for himself last night! Now that is saying something. Aside from that we usually bring our own bags to the store, use Sigg bottles, ONLY use glass or plastic food containers-reuse right?, and many more. It’s fun, it usually saves money, and it helps the Earth and all of us on it.

I’m so happy that so many people have participated in Green Weeks (even though it’s still not over!) and that most of us do these things on a daily basis! Keep up the great work!

On a food note, check out what the boyfriend made for us…

The Sustainable Stuffed Pepper

all organic ingredients and the most amazingly delicious stuffed pepper I have ever had.

He even made mine special to include only goat cheese, meatless, and gluten free.

I wish I could say I've done a lot of good green things today, but I've just been sitting at my computer working all day. I guess that means I haven't driven anywhere at least.

Oh and I decided to eat vegan for the day. I was going to have a green smoothie but it is SNOWING right now (a lot actually), and I am freezing!!! I'm drinking lots of organic tea though! And I've been doing all kinds of Earth Day research for teaching tomorrow.

That stuffed pepper looks amazing! My BF loves stuffed peppers so that would be right up is ally 😉 We have been trying to be more green all the time and since my BF is an environmental degree graduate we are always thinking of ways to be more green.

thanks for the earth day links. i love that we have a day dedicated to giving our planet some love and i hope that it will help more people become aware of protecting it and celebrating every day. your stuffed peppers look sooo good! could you please send me the recipe if you know what is was? other than thegoat cheese, i'm in!

thanks for your well-wishes to J. he reads my blog and was so excited to see that there are others supporting him. it's a big change, but i'm already seeing a positive difference in the way he looks and feels.

have a lovely day! xox

p.s. i LOVE puffins so we definitely share that. i just recently saw that they are only sweetened by molasses. i'm pretty sure they're one of the only companies that can say that. wahoo!

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From overweight to underweight.
Eating disorder to healthy thinking.
Depressed to centered and happy.
Vegan to Paleo.
Cardio queen to weight lifting hero.
I've experienced the spectrum and enjoying blogging about it all!